Muslim pilgrims from Oyo State have been urged to pay N2.9 million as 2023 Hajj fare.
The call was made by the chairman of the Oyo State Pilgrim Welfare’s Board (Muslim Wing), Professor Sayed Tunde Malik, in a statement signed and released on Wednesday.
Recall that the Oyo State Pilgrim Welfare’s Board (Muslim Wing), while waiting the final announcement by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, had earlier directed the pilgrims to pay the sum of N2.6 million as initial deposit for the 2023 hajj fare.
It therefore called on intending pilgrims who had made the initial deposit N2.6 million to pay the balance of N399,000.00 on or before Monday, April 17, 2023.
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The chairman noted that NAHCON chief executive officers of state’s pilgrims welfare boards on Friday, April 7, 2023, announced and approved the final 2023 Hajj fares for each states across the nation in which the sum of N2.999 million was approved for each intending pilgrim from Oyo State.
The commission also fixed Friday, April 21, for final remittance of the money paid by all intending pilgrims.
While soliciting for the continued understanding and cooperation of the intending pilgrims, Prof. Malik advised them to make use of the limited time to complete their payments to any of the designated bank accounts of the board as that would enable the board to remit the approved fund to NAHCON and make necessary preparations for their travel arrangements to the holy land for the 2023 pilgrimage.
The board’s chair also urged all prospective pilgrims who had completed their payment to immediately come and submit their “International Passports at the Hajj Camp, Office of the Board, Olodo, Ibadan for the travel processing.”
